AEG to require COVID-19 vaccines for all concerts, events, festivals

LOS ANGELES — AEG Presents, a large circuit and festival promoter, announced that COVID-19 vaccines would beryllium required for concertgoers astatine its clubs, theaters and festivals.

The vaccine request is acceptable to spell into afloat effect nary aboriginal than Oct. 1, the institution said successful a quality merchandise connected Thursday. The determination comes arsenic coronavirus cases are surging passim the United States.

AEG Presents owns and operates the Theatere astatine Resorts World and the Day N Vegas festival, scheduled for Nov. 12-14, astatine the Las Vegas Festival Grounds.

AEG is either an proprietor oregon a spouse successful Webster Hall and Brooklyn Steel successful New York, The Roxy successful Los Angeles, The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Coachella Music & Arts Festival.

The institution said the argumentation would besides use to lawsuit unit and anyone who enters their venues oregon festivals. Leading up to Oct. 1, AEG said it would instrumentality a argumentation of showing impervious of vaccination oregon a antagonistic trial taken wrong 72 hours of a amusement date.

Jay Marciano, main operating serviceman and chairman, cited the delta variant and vaccine hesitancy arsenic reasons for the policy.

“We besides are alert that determination mightiness beryllium immoderate archetypal pushback, but I’m assured and hopeful that, astatine the extremity of the day, we volition beryllium connected the close broadside of past and doing what’s champion for artists, fans, and unrecorded lawsuit workers,” Marciano said.